Naruto: The Life Changer

[Congratulations!]

You arrived at the Academy Training Field on time!

Quest Completion Reward: + 100 EXP, + 100 Reputation with Umino Iruka.

Bonus Reward: Arrive three minutes or more early: + 30 EXP, + 20 Reputation with Umino Iruka

So he had a hundred and twenty points higher Reputation with Iruka-sensei than he had had before. This was good, but as he didn't actually know how the whole reputation thing worked, he was a bit lost as to exactly what to do with this information.

He distracted himself by looking around the training field. There were several wooden posts for taijutsu practice, a shooting range for practicing Shurikenjutsu, as well as the obstacle course. Someone had left part of the seat of their trousers behind after a failed attempt at the course the previous day.

Naruto groaned when yet another box popped up. When was he going to get an explanation about what the heck was going on here?

[Skill Created!]

As a result of diligent observation, the skill [Observation] has been created.

[Observation] (Passive/Active) [Level 1, 00.00 EXP]

A skill that allows the user to view information about people, animals and objects that this skill is directed upon. The higher this skills level is, the more information is gathered. Five CP per use.

"Okaaaayyy." Naruto said slowly, "This is starting to sound like one of those RPG things that Choji liked to talk about last year."

Looking around, he saw a rusty kunai lying on the ground. Deciding it made a good test target, he stared at it for a moment, but nothing happened.

'Jutsu have to be invoked verbally when you first learn them, according to Iruka-sensei anyway, so maybe I have to say it's name aloud as well?' Naruto theorised to himself, growling when yet another window popped up.

By thinking in a logical and concise manner, your WIS went up by one.

A tick mark appeared on Naruto's head at this. Whoever was doing this was decidedly pissing him off.

"{Observe}" he said softly as he stared at the Kunai on the ground, prompting another small window to appear, replacing the other one.

Rusty Kunai

A kunai that was left outside for an extended period of time, it is now rusted and blunt.

That was all the information that it had. Naruto frowned before directing his attention at the training posts for Taijutsu and said, "{Observe}"

Wooden Training Post

A wooden pillar of wood intended for use as a target for Taijutsu, striking this pillar gives you 5% [?] EXP for every five minutes you spend punching it.

OK, that was weird. It give you five percent what EXP? Naruto sighed as there was only one way to find out. He walked over to the post and started punching it. After five minutes, another box appeared.

[Skill Created!]

Through diligent training, the skill [Taijutsu Conditioning] has been created.

[Taijutsu Conditioning] (Passive) [Level 1, 05.00 EXP]

By conditioning your body to become tougher, your effectiveness when performing any Taijutsu style increases.

Passively increases effectiveness of any Taijutsu style by 1%.

Naruto just stared at the box before swiping at it with one hand, banishing it, before using {Observe} on the pillar again.

Wooden Training Post

A wooden pillar of wood intended for use as a target for Taijutsu, striking this pillar gives you 5% [Taijutsu Conditioning] EXP for every five minutes you spend punching it.

OK, so now that he had created the skill, it showed up in the description given by {Observation}, fair enough. What Naruto wanted to know is how {Observation} knew he could create the ability.

"Naruto!" Iruka-sensei's call broke him from his reverie. Naruto turned around to see his sensei walking towards him. He noticed Iruka looked a bit tired.

[Observation] has levelled up.

Naruto ignored the window and called out to Iruka, "Hey Iruka-sensei. What's up? You look tired."

"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing Naruto." Iruka replied, "Just marking essays late into the night for a friend. He's off ill, so I was put in charge of marking his class's essays as well as my own."

"Damn." Naruto hated paperwork, so he really felt for the chunin, "So what are we training today?"

"Well, I thought you could try and beat your personal record on the obstacle course first." Iruka suggested, "You are only a few seconds behind the current record holder, Nobusaki Tomoya, so it's a good place to start."

Naruto resisted rolling his eyes in exasperation as another box popped up. Seriously, this was getting old already.

[Quest Alert!]

Training Montage

Iruka is going to put you through a training regimen, so do your best.

First Objective: Beat own personal time on the Obstacle Course in three attempts or less.

Time to beat: 3.56

Objective Completion Reward: + 100 EXP, + 2 Stat Points

Bonus Objective: Beat the previous record holder's time of 3.22

Failure: + 50 EXP

"Yosh. Time to kick ass." Naruto declared as he hit the 'Y' button to accept the quest. He stepped up to the start of the course and looked out at it. The course was a moderately difficult run of pitfalls, tripwire, automatic shuriken launchers that fired blunted wooden shuriken, as well as twists and turns that were all designed to hinder a person running the course, as well as tests them on their ability to think on their feet.